Next Generation
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Four eggs so small
Soon more birdcall
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(A For-Get-Me-Not Poem)
Month: May 2018
May 30
Forget-Me-Nots
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Forget-Me-Nots
Delicate confetti
Covering green carpet in dots
Cheerful flowers
Bright spots.
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(A Pentastich Poem)
May 29
Home Sweet Home
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Carolina wrens made a nest
Decided a tin can is best
To raise their brood
Now a bird house, not a tool shed
A place for songbirds to rest their heads
I provide food
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Nest made of needles, leaves and moss
Tucked in next to the semi-gloss
Speckled eggs rest
Building’s been there less than a year
And these birds made it very clear
This shed is best.
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(A Rime Couee Poem)
May 28
Happily Never After
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Reflecting on the dreams of many years ago
When we were young and still evolving
Love was uncomplicated, life was slow
Around ourselves the world was revolving
As we grew our relationship was dissolving
I know who I am now, what I treasure
And having this new life is a pleasure.
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(A Rime Royal)
May 27
Trifolium pratense
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Improves the soil wherever it grows
Why call it a weed, I’ll never know
Lots of food for pollinating bees
Rabbits find it a delicacy
It is Vermont’s state flower
And known for its healing power
Great for butterflies, red clover.
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(A Septet Poem)
May 26
Liriodendron tulipifera
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The branches terminate gloriously
In flowers displaying magnificent
Shape, hidden overhead apically
Where winged wildlife investigate
Them, until descending elegantly
To forests’ humusy terra firma
Where humans finally appreciate.
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(A Ropalic Poem)
May 25
Clematis
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One day the vine’s all green leaves and promise
Next day a solo flower opens wide
This year’s display I sure don’t want to miss
Each time I think to I observe wide-eyed
In a blink becomes stunningly adorned
Palm-sized flowers cover plant in masses
Those fuzzy green buds will never be mourned
If you can’t see beauty you need glasses
Counts among botanical badasses
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(A Novelinee Poem)
May 24
Again- this time on a bus
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I boarded an old bus today
Only to give my blood away
I settle on the narrow bed
For a successful donation
Despite the crowded workstation
Dim florescent lights overhead
And phlebotomist that’s cray cray
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(A Septilla Poem)
May 23
Sun Tea
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Sunshine
Warms the water
Distilling fragrant tea
Mingling chemicals slowly.
Who needs electricity for heating
Cold water to a fast boil
Causing kettle whistle
When we can have
Sun tea?
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(A Rubliw Poem)
May 22
Rhubarb
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I don’t know why but I grew it
To figure out now what to do
Bake, roast, mash, sauté, or stew it
To peel or leave as it grew.
So sour to taste when I chew it
These plants – don’t need more than a few
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Rough green leaves grow to large sizes
Ruby red stalks are the best part
The flavor really surprises
Add sugar to make it less tart
Sweeten when the chance arises
Not eating the leaves is so smart
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Don’t know if it’s veggie or fruit
All depends on how it’s applied
You ingest neither leaves nor root
Normally you don’t see it fried
To grow is an easy pursuit
To use you may be stupefied
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I’m thrilled in my garden it grows
Each spring I choose to display it
In sauces and in pies it goes
Season’s end – how to delay it?
The people who enjoy it know
Craving – be sure to obey it.
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(An Inverted Refrain Poem)
